What was the most expensive horse you have ever purchased?

£5k eekkk! For a six year old tb ex racer who had £70 on his bsja record and four double clears at british novice and two clears at disco (off the top of my head!) cost me a small forune in vets bills but finally seems to be coming good
 
£2500 for a horse that got LOU'd barely 6 months later (insurance paid out 100%!)

Currently, now £800 for my Sec D and the coloured i'm probably going to buy will be between £1000- and £1500.
 
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£26,000 for 6yo stallion, SJ
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Current girl was £750, I knocked her sellers down half price as she really wasnt worth it. So glad I di tho cus shes a smashing girl!
My coloured mare was 1000 gn from an auction (£1050) I was offered £4000 not long before she was PTS (cancer) also bred a coloured colt from her and sold him for 1500. My 1st pony was £950 and worth about £50 when we realised what was wrong was him! He was the best ever pony tho, so glad we had him!
 
jesus martlin that must be one hell of a horse do you have piccys would love to see that stunner!!!

Alfie was £900 as hes a physco planning to sort him out though and hopefuly he will be back to his normal self and worth abit!
 
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jesus martlin that must be one hell of a horse do you have piccys would love to see that stunner!!!

Alfie was £900 as hes a physco planning to sort him out though and hopefuly he will be back to his normal self and worth abit!

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sadly the stallion no longer with us, has died in 2005 at the age of ten... but I do have a lovely 4yo by him out of my grade A mare
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£5.5k for both the last two. One a beautiful, well bred, scopey 6YO mare with a few BSJA winnings. Also with a frequent tendency for bolting and lameness. The other a sweet, slightly gangly 4YO with a pink nose and a very polite disposition.
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I paid $1,300 canadian for my 5 yr old paint mare.
That was about 650 pounds (havn't got a pound button on my canadian keyboard).
She was broken to western but very green.
It was November, dark and had been snowing and I just walked her up and down the owners driveway a bit!!!
The winter was awful so I didn't ride till spring and now we are back to winter so will not be doing much till spring again.

Needless to say we have a long way to go.
 
The most I think was £1500 plus an ex racer for a horse who turned out to be not what he was supposed to be. Since then I pay very little ,the least £95 plus £5 delivery for a welshie, £195 for a welsh B, £100 for a 13yr old Warmblood , I plan to carry on this way, like a bargain LOL
 
£1500 for my ex racer TB mare. They wanted £2.5k but at the time she really wasn't worth it.
She has proved to be a complete bargain and has alot of potential to be an amazing all rounder!
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Maximum my family have paid is £1500 and he wasn't worth that - it was anything to get poor horse out of that hell hole he was in!

Mousey (the Eriskay) was £350 as a 6 month colt, in 1993
Squirrel was £500 (owner desp wanted us to buy him!)
Blackjack was £1000
Woody was £1500
Jazz is on loan to me!!!
 
£3000 on my mare. Eight months later she had a torn tendon and was worth meat money. She's still fairly worthless but I'd NEVER sell her so that doesn't matter!
I hate to think how much money I'm going to have to save up to buy my next horse (I HAVE to have a PRE Andalusian so that makes it at least £5000 unless I can find a good bargain!
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Most was £6000 for a grade C mare, she had been sold for a lot more to the people I bought her from but they just wanted a good home, fantastic horse but cost me a bomb in vet and physio! The three bargains I had were £450, £600 and free! Could do with a few more of them. Current mare was a bargain at £3500 as had been £8000 as a 4yo but ended up in a home with little experience so needed restarting. Not worth much now as she has hock spavin but we still have fun!
 
£4750 for a 6yo Welton gelding. What a waste of money, napped and napped and eventually ended up at the blood bank permanently lame.

When I started horse hunting in 2005 after a few years break, I nearly paid £8k for a horse, but luckily the sellers decided they didn't want to wait for me to vet it - that feels like a lucky escape. I then nearly paid £6k for a horse who failed it's vetting. Ended up paying a LOT less than that for him, but the vetting was right and he now has a different home - glad I didn't pay the £6k! I also looked at a couple of £10k horses
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but in the end paid £3500 for a great mare, 6yo at the time. And the extra money bought a car and trailer, so thank god I didn't spend all my savings on a made-up eventer that I couldn't afford to buy transport for
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I bought my 14h NF when he was just 5 for £3000 but he has the most gentle nature and is such a loving pony he is worth that just as a giant teddy.

He is however a super quiet hacking pony forward but not spooky. He has the added advantage of being registered so I can compete as an adult on a pony and he can jump 4.9ft although I have not yet schooled him as a jumping pony.
 
Actually Axel is the most expensive horse I've ever bought and he was the bargain of the century! He was £900 as a yearling!!!!!

Rocky my last horse was £850 also bought as a yearling, and I sold him for £6000 as a 5 yr old in 1996. He has since been sold to USA for £30k...
 
I have always bought cheap horses, played about with them and sold them on for lots more.

In doing this i accumulated a secret horse stash!!! I did go to frankly international this year and buy a dream for 8k, but in saying that im still quids up
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Oh and i have just bought an adorable coloured cob of JM07!
(will be for sale in future lol!)
 
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